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Friday, October 13, 2017

This gal is a new custom from 2017. And she is an original design loosely based on the
costume in the “Tomb Raider Legends” video game, from 2006 I
think.
Some fans have said that the new rebooted Tomb Raider [from 2013] seems more like “Lara
Crofts daughter” than the true original character, per her looks
and personality… anyway, I digress… although I do prefer the
original Lara, per her wit, her courage and her attitude.

The base model for my Lara Croft was a hybrid of Marvel Legends Thundra [upper chest and
shoes] and Captain Marvel [lower body, arms, thighs and head]. Her
Hair was fully sculpted and a small 5mm magnet was used to connect
the ponytail to the back of her head. Her boots were fully sculpted
as well. Her jacket was fully sculpted along with the collar and the
t-shirt. I also gave her a larger bust and a bigger butt. My custom,
my choice.

Inserted within the core of her long hair is…. Craftwire, bent and shaped like an “S”.
That was the embedded skeleton to guide my sculpting process. And
then I used Green Stuff [the Warhammer40K standard putty, which comes
as blue and yellow segments] to sculpt her long ponytail, since that
putty is actually like Procreate putty in its bendable nature; but it
is actually far more sticky than Procreate. And the other popular
putty that I used for making her body enhancements is Milliputty,
which hardens solid and doesn’t bend when it has fully cured, after
like 3 hours. And Tamiya paints were used to color her.

The gun holster came from Nick Fury, while the four other handguns came from the Casting
Cave website – I highly recommend that site for buying your
weapons, unless you sculpt / create them yourself, which I often do.
I actually modified / upgraded her two extra silver-toned handguns,
holstered at her hips – initially, they were as small as the black
ones held in her hands in the first pic.

The cool axe latched upon her back was bought from a guy in China, via ebay. And I created
her thigh straps from rubberbands, before painting them. I also
created her thigh-latched gun holsters, using cardboard that I
folded, before wrapping them with duct-tape.
Obviously my Lara Croft custom is thick / voluptuous; yet she stands very well, despite
her special underlying boot-threads, designed for her hiking
adventures. I had to sculpt that feature as well, but it was a fun
project. Thanks for checking her out! And stay tuned for more!